Peter Princiotto

Peter Mark Princiotto, composer, musician, and teacher, is based in McLean,
Virginia, and is manager of However Publishing LLC (BMI), North America
East Recordings LLC, and Spring Hill Music Instruction LLC.

Pete began playing music and writing songs in 1967. Since then, he has
concentrated primarily on composing; playing bass guitar, guitar, and
keyboards; and singing. He first received musical training in 1972-1974
in the Langley High School Jazz Lab and in the summers of 1973 and 1974
in the Wolf Trap Jazz Ensemble, both under the direction of George J. Horan.
As a college undergraduate, Pete attended the New England Conservatory
in 1975-1977, where he studied composition with William Thomas McKinley
and double bass with Henri Portnoi. He then attended George Mason
University in 1978-1979, where he studied composition with Glenn Smith.
In 1977-1984, he was a core member of the progressive-rock group
However. (Their recordings, Sudden Dusk and Calling, were released in
the mid 1990s on the progressive-rock label Kinesis. These recordings
are planned for re-release on CD on North America East Recordings in
2008.) In 1988-1990, Pete attended the Peabody Conservatory, where
he studied composition with Morris Moshe Cotel, earning a masters degree
in music composition.

In the 1990s, Pete played primarily fretless bass guitar in many recording
sessions and in a few live shows with Paul Reisler and his contemporary
folk group Trapezoid. In December of 1992, in Baltimore, Maryland, Pete
performed on keyboards with the English musician Richard Sinclair. Pete
has performed live as a soloist and in various groups for more than three
decades and has been an established private music instructor in Northern
Virginia since 1974. He also has been commissioned to compose for film
and has been published as a writer and transcriber in Bass Player magazine.
In 2001-02, in honor of George J. Horan, Pete compiled a collection of
recordings of music performed under Horan's direction. In July 2006, Pete
was on board with the National Guitar Workshop as a teacher and as an
assistant director.

In recent years, Pete has performed with Jim & Ashley Cash; he appears on
their CD released in November 2006. Pete also appears on Pedal Giant
Animals by Stan Whitaker & Frank Wyatt, which was released in December
2006.